In and Out Crowd

[GlitchBob452]

I loved this bit as a child! :D

[PaleGirlOfTheNorth]

I remember this from when I was a kid! Awesome that it's up on youtube now :D

[laughingsal]

@PaleGirlOfTheNorth cute screen name!

[MsPandaRosa]

This is the song that should let us know that it's just as cool to be Out as to be In, and shows us how, too :-)

[TomNall]

Ramsey Lewis Trio, Bohemian Caverns, DC, I think '65 - THE definitive version. My older bro brought home the album, I was maybe 8 and have been groovin to this ever since. I still have it on vinyl. Glad I'm from Chi South Side, Morgan Park, Beverly. Ramsey's still on the radio here.

[mrkingofkings]

This video can be seen in Sesame Street Numbers for the PC CD-Rom.

[ThePatch202]

Me and my mom really loved this song

[MsAlilala]

Some of seasome vids including this one are so trippy and retro! I love it!!

[Allcanadian79]

these are sweet i remember these

[oXoXmarionetteXoXo]

I remember this song o.o

[ElectricShark]

One of my favorite songs from Sesame Street as a child.

I was like a kid version of Freud though because I read so much into it.

To me, the In-Crowd represented everything I wanted to be apart of. Accepted, loved, cool, fashionable.

Plus, they had this groovy 60's look to 'em!

In a way, It reflected my desire to be part of the "in" crowd as a child.

I was always a bit of an outsider.

[laughingsal]

Interesting that you even picked up on the 60's look as a child. Thanks.

[ElectricShark]

It was totally mod!

Especially at 0:22!

[Sirenhound]

Pull it out! That's what the out crowd is all about. XD

[woofer0doofer]

So is that indeed a bong that goes in the fridge?

[laughingsal]

not.

[bennyraven]

Sally, do you know if the music is a parody of Dobie Gray's "The In Crowd"? The phrasing seems to point to yes...

[laughingsal]

I'm sure it is.

[eightbitgnosis]

So many years I've not been able to forget this song

[laughingsal]

and now you never will! (evil laugh)

[cannonmovietalesfan]

Your videos make me feel like a little kid again. I'd give all your videos more than 5 out of 5 stars, honestly.

[laughingsal]

That's nice. thank you.

[huskcharmer]

This may sound crazy, but this is (20 some odd years later) my favorite animated sequence...and it left enough of an impression, that I doodle the characters in notebooks when bored in class/meetings/whatever.

[laughingsal]

that's amazing!

[dhylec]

Hehe, this was great. Great animation and great jazzy music. I grew up to be a jazz fan and remember watching this when I was little. laughingsal, if you're the animator, great job.

I'm definitely part of the in crowd. Out crowd's too loud. And check out the blonde girl tossing green bills out of her purse when the song says "can't pay us to stay indoors".. is she tossing money away? Crazy out crowd indeed...

[laughingsal]

fun to read, dhylec!

[TetrisPilot]

Ahh, the song!

[thenewageriseth]

I remember this too XD So jazzy XD

Like jazz fusion or similar.

[hinatachan123]

it was on tv about a minute ago, and i remembered seeing it when i was five

i liked it so i looked it up :D

[laughingsal]

too bad they never paid residuals!

[iamveggie]

waah my childhood. i only heard this once when i was a kid and i remembered it til now. thank you for this.

[laughingsal]

you have an amazing memory!

[iamveggie]

it made that much of an impact! :D

[KaiserVadin]

they play it a minute ago, but the tv signal was crappy so i look for it on here

[777hobo777]

Great stuff! I always loved this song. It's now on my MP3 player!

[usaTrini]

Sesame Street hardly gets me these days, it has become so typical. It is things like these that I love. Thanks Sal for posting your video.

[ShaiMyst]

i just loved the cool tones with this song and the animation was like wow. totally took in and out to a new level when i was little

[dubs19842008]

You can tell this is the 80's because of all the 80's fashions in this clip.

[AlbertMondback]

We're too hip to go outside.

[peabody66]

The out crowd sings louder than the in crowd.

[bennyraven]

The in crowd uses "indoor voices?"

[peabody66]

What do you mean indoor voices?

[bennyraven]

When I was in preschool and kindergarten, we were told by the teachers that we could run and shout outdoors, and that was our "outdoor voice." Indoors we had to speak quietly, using "indoor voices." A lot of people I've met from all over were taught the same thing. :-)

[ConnDevi]

Hey Sal, who are you in with?

[laughingsal]

my dog.

[dubs19842008]

What kind of dog you got?

[laughingsal]

A great big German Shepherd.

[Koifish07]

I REMEMBER THIS!!

[peabody66]

Me too.

[rmumusicalrob]

This is from 1989, right? Do you have a timeline of the order of all the pieces you did for SS?

[laughingsal]

First 3 were above it all, beginning middle and end, and probably this one, all 1989. Then I have a harder time putting them in order.

[rmumusicalrob]

That's what I thought. I remember "Above it All", "Beginning, Middle and End", and "In and Out Crowd" being shown, since I was very young. By the way, where's "Part of the Whole?" Isn't that one of yours too?

[laughingsal]

Wow, you're quite on top of this! I don't have a copy of Part of the Whole, but I've got a link to it from my youtube page.

[dubs19842008]

What's the link? I still can't find it.

[jx346]

whos singing?

[laughingsal]

sorry, I don't know. maybe someone else will.

[jx346]

i remember this

[urdwekstlinkgbye]

do you have ABOVE and BELOW?

[laughingsal]

Yes, it's called "Above It All" and I've posted it.

[joanieaqua21]

I loved all of these little skits. Kids today need this.

[laughingsal]

Thanks. I wish I still worked on it too!

[georgeisking]

One of my favorites; wish you still worked on the show.

[Devconn]

The Music freaked me out when i saw this. the Animation is amazing though

[tpirman1982]

Great work, Sally Cruikshank!

[ISNorden]

One of the best non-Muppet parodies Sesame Street ever asked you for; I remember the days when the show had something for all ages. Four stars!